Tsunoshima Ohashi Bridge — Shimonoseki
Tsunoshima Ohashi Bridge
Yamaguchi Prefecture · Road bridge · 2000 · Shimonoseki, Japan
Photo: 吉田宅浪 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), taken 16 August 2012. Full photograph shown.
Tsunoshima Ohashi is a 1,780 m road bridge in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, linking the mainland to the island of Tsunoshima. It opened on 3 November 2000, is free to cross, and has become a regular backdrop for car commercials, films and TV dramas. Yamaguchi Prefecture · Wikipedia · Good Luck Trip Checked
4 things to know
- It bends around an islandThe bridge does not run in a straight line: it curves so that it does not cross the small uninhabited island of Hatoshima. Wikipedia · Good Luck Trip Checked
- It changed the islandA May 2026 NetIB-News article says tourism rose sharply after the bridge opened, reportedly reaching more than a million visitors in some years. NetIB-News Reported
- Free and longKuruma News calls its 1,780 m one of the longest in Japan for a toll-free public road. Kuruma News Checked
- A 100-year maintenance planYamaguchi Prefecture’s maintenance sheet sets a 100-year planning period for the bridge, with regular inspections. Yamaguchi Prefecture Checked
Check-in guide
- 📍
- Prefectural Route Tsunoshima–Kanda, from Hōhoku in Shimonoseki to Tsunoshima. Yamaguchi Prefecture · Wikipedia Checked
- 🚗
- Free to drive across. Kuruma News Checked
Sightings
- 20003 Nov
Opened to traffic
- 201216 Aug
Photographed over the sea
- 202114 Mar
Feature on the bridge as a film and ad location · Kuruma News
- 20268 May
How the bridge changed Tsunoshima · NetIB-News
Green stamps are dated photographs and official records; amber stamps are news reports and visitor guides. The status stamp follows the newest dated source, 8 May 2026.
On the record
How Tsunoshima Ohashi changed the island
“橋の開通後、年間観光客数は大幅に増加し、現在では百数十万人規模に達する年もあるとされる。”
“After the bridge opened, annual tourist numbers rose sharply, and in some years they are said to reach well over a million.”
A bridge like a scene from a film
“2000年に開通した角島大橋は、本州と角島をつなぐ橋で、無料で渡れる一般道路としては、日本屈指の長さとなる1780mを誇ります。”
“Opened in 2000, Tsunoshima Ohashi links Honshu and Tsunoshima; at 1,780 m it is one of Japan’s longest toll-free public roads.”
The facts
- Owner
- Yamaguchi Prefecture (Prefectural Route Tsunoshima–Kanda). Yamaguchi Prefecture Checked
- Opened
- 3 November 2000. Wikipedia · Kuruma News Checked
- Length
- 1,780 m. Yamaguchi Prefecture · Kuruma News Checked
- Structure
- 29 spans of prestressed concrete box girders with a steel box girder section. Yamaguchi Prefecture Checked
- Toll
- Free. Kuruma News Checked
Related
- Japan Doesn’t Build Boring Bridges (12 Photos): the SAU collection that includes this bridge.
All sources (6)
Official and reference
- Yamaguchi Prefecture maintenance sheet (PDF), owner, length, structure, 100-year plan
- Wikipedia: Tsunoshima Bridge, opening, construction, cost, Hatoshima, award
News and guides
- NetIB-News, 8 May 2026, tourism after the bridge
- Kuruma News, 14 March 2021, toll-free, 1,780 m, film location
- Good Luck Trip: Tsunoshima Ohashi, commercials, films, dramas
Photos
- Wikimedia Commons: 角島大橋１.jpg, 吉田宅浪, 16 August 2012, CC BY-SA 3.0
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